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Affinity Intercultural Foundation

At Affinity, our mission is to create and sustain enduring relationships with people through intercultural and interfaith dialogue.

We fulfill our mission by incorporating our core principles of sincerity, service, consultation, integrity, interdependence, positive action and balance into everything that we do, including organising public lectures, annual Ramadan dinners, and other cultural events that bring together different groups of society.

We believe that through organising these shared activities, Australian Muslims will have the opportunity to develop their unique Australian identity and culture, as well as contribute to the positive development of the Australian cultural and religious landscape.

Affinity’s A+ Youth Lecture Series aims to tackle issues that are important to young people. Each session will feature an inspiring young speaker who will speak on issues that are important to them. Our first speaker is Amos Washington, the 2018 UN Youth Representative who will be discussing Youth Leadership & Engagement. Date: Wednesday 4 April, 6:00pm-8:00pm Keynote Speaker: Amos […]

Date: Thursday 5 April, 12:00pm for a 12:30pm start Speakers: Tarek Al-Issawi and Dr Noah Bassil Facilitator: Quentin Dempster Please call 02 8065 2502 if you have any questions. Click HERE to register your free spot at the event. This event is free and open to the public. Due to limited space, we request that everyone […]

Giving Them A Voice: How Human Rights Safeguards Children & Young People Date: Tuesday 24 April, 12:00pm for a 12:30pm start Speaker: Megan Mitchell, National Children’s Commissioner Facilitator: Pauline Wright, Executive Director, Law Council of Australia Please call 02 8065 2502 if you have any questions. Click HERE to register for your free spot. At […]

About the panellists: Professor Tania Sourdin Professor Tania Sourdin is the Dean of the University of Newcastle Law School and was previously the Foundation Chair and Director of the Australian Centre for Justice Innovation (ACJI) at Monash University in Australia. Professor Sourdin has led national research projects and produced important recommendations for ADR and justice […]

The Struggle of Identity Politics in India India is an important trading partner of Australia, a fellow G20 nation with over 1.25 billion people in a densely populated geography. India’s social fault lines are multi-dimensional based on caste, ethnicity, religion, language, community and even gender. Following independence, applying democratic governance was one of the primary […]

About the Speaker: Lisa Davies | Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald Lisa began her career at the national newswire AAP, and has also worked for the UK’s Press Association in London and The Daily Telegraph newspaper in Sydney. Lisa joined Fairfax Media in early 2012. She has held several senior reporting and editing roles including […]

Join us on Thursday, 16 August for a special Lunchtime Panel with Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG, Former Justice of the High Court of Australia) and Ron McCallum, Emeritus Professor from University of Sydney. They will be discussing ‘Interpersonal Relationship and Human Rights’, which will cover issues that are faced by people within the LGBTQI+ […]

Join us for an evening Lunchtime Lecture with Professor Will Steffen, from the Fenner School of Environment & Society at ANU. The topic of Will’s talk will be ‘The Anthropocene: Challenges of the Human Age’. Light lunch will be served at 12:00 pm. The talk will start at 12:30 pm. About the Speaker: Emeritus Professor […]

Join us for an evening A+ Youth Lecture with Sara Mansour, co-founder of Bankstown Poetry Slam. The topic of Sara’s talk will be ‘Hashtags Sparking Revolutions: How Social Media is Helping Take a Stand Against Sexual Harassment‘. Light dinner will be served at 6:00pm. The talk will start at 6:30pm. About the speaker: Sara Mansour is a […]

Join Esta Paschalidis-Chilas, Government Relations Manager at Settlement Services International and Professor Peter Shergold AC, Chancellor of Western Sydney University, at this Affinity Evening Lecture, as they discuss the topical issue of advancing refugee settlement in NSW. About the Panellists: Professor Peter Shergold | Chancellor, Western Sydney University The Board of Trustees elected Professor Peter Shergold AC […]

Join us for a morning conversation with Richard Di Natale, Leader of the Australian Greens. Breakfast will be served at 7:30am. The talk will start at 8:00am. About the Speaker: Richard Di Natale| Leader of the Australian Greens Dr Richard Di Natale is the leader of the Australian Greens. He was elected to the federal parliament in 2010 […]

Join us for an evening Lunchtime Lecture with Sam Graham, CEO of AFL NSW/ACT. The topic of Sam’s talk will be ‘AFL & Cross-Cultural Understanding’. Light lunch will be served at 12:00 pm. The talk will start at 12:30 pm. About the Speaker: Sam Graham | CEO, AFL NSW/ACT Sam Graham completed a Bachelor of […]

Join us for an lunchtime panel discussion with Superintendent Julie Boon, Moo Baulch and Pallavi Sinha. The panel will be about ‘Domestic Violence & How to Stop It’. Light lunch will be served at 12:00 pm. The panel will start at 12:30 pm. About the Panellists: Julie Boon | Superintendent, Corporate Sponsor for Family and […]

Join us on Wednesday, 21 November for an A+ Youth Lecture with Madeleine Goodsir, President of the Notre Dame Sydney Law Society, as she discusses the power of silence in creating social change. The talk will be facilitated by Omar Dabbagh, journalist from SBS World News. Light dinner will be served at 6:00pm. The talk will […]

Join us on Wednesday, 27 February for another A+ Youth Lecture with Kareem El-Ansary, 2019 Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations, as he will be talking about ‘What Future Young People Want To Build’. Light dinner will be served at 6:00pm. The talk will begin at 6:30pm. About the Speaker: Kareem El-Ansary | 2019 Australian Youth Representative to […]

Join us on Tuesday, 5 March for another Affinity Law Panel with Prof. Colin Picker, Dean, School of Law at the University of Wollongong and Prof. George Williams, Dean, School of Law at the University of NSW as they talk about Globalising Australian Law Schools. The panel will be facilitated by E/Prof. Ron McCallum from The University of […]

Join us on Tuesday, 2 April for another Affinity Lecture with international guest speaker, Prof Simon Robinson, Professor of Applied and Professional Ethics at Leeds Beckett University (UK), as he will be delivering a talk on Responsible Leadership in Politics & Religion: Diverse Communities in an Age of Anxiety. The lecture will be facilitated by Assoc Prof Nina […]

Join us on Wednesday, 24 April for another A+ Youth Lecture with Apajok Biar, Youth Ambassador, Multicultural Youth Affairs Network (MYAN), as he will be talking about ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’. Light dinner will be served at 6:00pm. The talk will begin at 6:30pm. About the Speaker: Apajok Biar | Youth Ambassador, Multicultural Youth Affairs Network (MYAN) Born in a refugee […]

Join us on Wednesday, 27 June for another Affinity Lecture with Prof. Dalbir Ahlawat, Senior Lecturer, Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University as he discusses the Shifting Geo-strategic Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific Region. Light lunch will be served at 12:00pm. The talk will begin at 12:30pm. About the speaker: Prof. Dalbir Ahlawat | Senior Lecturer, […]